Planetary defense efforts rely on estimates of the mechanical properties of asteroids, which
are difficult to constrain accurately from Earth. The mechanical properties of asteroid …

The bearing capacity-the ability of a surface to support applied loads-is an important
parameter for understanding and predicting the response of a surface. Previous work has …

Abstract NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) mission was the first to
demonstrate asteroid deflection, and the mission's Level 1 requirements guided its planetary …

The impact of the Double Asteroid Redirection Test spacecraft into Dimorphos, moon of the
asteroid Didymos, changed Dimorphos's orbit substantially, largely from the ejection of …

Abstract The NASA Double Asteroid Redirection Test spacecraft successfully impacted the
Didymos–Dimorphos binary asteroid system on 2022 September 26 UTC. We provide an …

Abstract NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) spacecraft impacted Dimorphos,
the natural satellite of (65803) Didymos, on 2022 September 26, as a first successful test of …

Ejecta from Dimorphos following the DART mission impact significantly increased the
brightness of the Didymos–Dimorphos system, allowing us to examine subsurface material …

The Didymos binary asteroid was the target of the Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART)
mission, which intentionally impacted Dimorphos, the smaller member of the binary system …

We present a series of numerical simulations using a shock physics smoothed particle
hydrodynamics code, investigating energetic impacts on small celestial bodies …

We have monitored the Didymos–Dimorphos binary system in imaging polarimetric mode
before and after the impact from the Double Asteroid Redirection Test mission. A previous …